SMS API for Bahamas: bulk SMS to +1 numbers
Bahamas
Calling code +1
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01017
- Messages for $100
- 9,832
- Local language
- English
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to the Bahamas costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01017 | $0.02034 |
| 1,000 | $10.17 | $20.34 |
| 10,000 | $101.70 | $203.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,017.00 | $2,034.00 |
Number format in Bahamas
The Bahamas uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 242 359 1234. The API reads the area code (242 here) to price the number as the Bahamas rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.
Alphabet and segments
English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to the Bahamas holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
The Bahamas changes its clocks: Nassau is on UTC-5 in January and UTC-4 in July. 09:00 in Nassau is 14:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example -05:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.
Send to Bahamas with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (BS) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+12423591234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+12423591234", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01017", country: "BS"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+12423591234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.01017"What developers send to the Bahamas
Booking confirmations
Resorts in Nassau send SMS confirmations for room bookings, including check-in details.
Flight updates
Airlines notify passengers in Freeport about flight delays or gate changes via SMS.
Account alerts
Banks send SMS alerts for account activities, such as withdrawals or deposits, to customers in Grand Bahama.
More countries in Caribbean
SMS to Bahamas: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Bahamas?
How many SMS to the Bahamas does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Bahamas numbers for the API?
What language should SMS messages use in the Bahamas?
How does SMS handle peak tourist seasons?
Start sending to The Bahamas
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Bahamas at $0.01017 per segment, from the console or with one API call.